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governmentese

supposedly jargon held to be characteristic of government officials;

a language spoken by government employees and their conntractors for the purpose of accomplishing as little as possible over the longest period of time

First Known Use of GOVERNMENTESE
1944
Q: "Why doesn't someone just fire this guy?"
A: "He's the only one who speaks Governmentese. We would have any public school contracts without him."
by hipoint93 September 1, 2011
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